Michael Saward

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Michael Saward (born September 1, 1960 ) is an Australian political scientist who teaches at the University of Warwick .

research

Michael Saward's research focuses on democracy theory . He deals with the transformation of political ideas, the functioning of political representation and the interrelationship between social movements and political institutions. He is co- editor of the trade journal Representation . Michael Saward gained greater prominence through his work on the phenomenon of political representation and the representative action of non-governmental organizations or celebrities.

Representative claims

Saward does not design political representation as a static (reproduction) mechanism, but as an active action that first constitutes a relationship, a relation. Saward claims that representation is characterized less by elections than by practical representative claims (claims to represent someone or something).

"Elements" of a representation claim
maker A maker makes a claim to representation and names
subject a subject that acts as a representative
object an object also represents this in an image
speaker whereby the represented object refers to speakers
audience and is staged in front of an audience

Michael Saward's perspective is increasingly used when it comes to understanding the emergence and difficulties of a permanent establishment of (protest) movements. It is praised that Saward's approach makes it understandable how representative action creates and maintains social groups. Saward is criticized for overestimating the importance of alternative actors in representation (intellectuals, musicians, etc.) and underestimating the role of classical political representatives.

Publications (selection)

  • Saward, Michael (2000). Democratic innovation: deliberation, representation and association. London New York.
  • Saward, Michael (2003). Democracy (key concepts). Cambridge, UK Malden.
  • Saward, Michael (2010). The representative claim. Oxford New York.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Saward: The representative claim (feature article: theory and practice) Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Contemporary Political Theory . 5, No. 3, August 2006, pp. 297-318. doi : 10.1057 / palgrave.cpt.9300234 . Retrieved September 24, 2015. . @1. @ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.palgrave-journals.com
  2. ^ Michael Saward: Making representations: modes and strategies of political parties . In: European Review . 16, No. 3, July 2008, pp. 271-286. doi : 10.1017 / S1062798708000252 .
  3. ^ Michael Saward: The wider canvas: representation and democracy in state and society. In: Sonia Alonso, John Keane and Wolfgang Merkel (eds.): The future of representative democracy . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge New York 2011, ISBN 978-0-521-17703-0 , pp. 74-95 .
  4. ↑ Erik Jentges: The social magic of political representation. Charisma and recognition in civil society. Transcript, Bielefeld 2010, p. 40-60 .
  5. ↑ Micha Fiedlschuster: Occupied Space: Representation, Participation and Democracy in Occupy Wall Street . In: Hubertus Buchstein (ed.): The promise of democracy . Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden 2013, p. 249-267 .
  6. ^ Hendrik Claas Meyer: Representation in multi-person games. In: Markus Linden / Winfried Thaa (ed.): Inequality and political representation . Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden 2014, p. 215-241 .
  7. ↑ Markus Linden : Inclusion and exclusion through representation. Theory and empiricism using the example of German integration policy . Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden 2014, p. 181 f .
personal data
SURNAME Saward, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1960